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“This is the shocking cost of Tory welfare reforms. Disabled people are hit hardest by the Tories.”

The DWP figures cover from June 2016 to this April.

Many claimants have shared horror stories about being assessed as they switched to personal independence payments (PIP) from disability living allowance (DLA).

Alexandra Mitchell, 68, from Edinburgh, had to fight to keep her adapted car after an assessment ruled she wasn’t disabled enough, although she would be housebound without it.

The Scottish Government are taking over some areas of the welfare system from the UK Government. Eleven new benefits, including personal independence payments (PIP), will be devolved.

The SNP Government say private companies will not carry out assessments for Scotland’s devolved benefits.

Disabled people’s group Inclusion Scotland said: “Disabled people are being subjected to too frequent and unnecessary reviews of their entitlement to benefits.”

A Scottish Government spokesman added: “No one will be forced to have a private sector assessment for disability assessments and we will reduce the need for face-to-face assessments that can cause anxiety or distress.”

The DWP said: “Under PIP in Scotland, 44 per cent of people are getting a higher rate of support than they were getting under DLA.”